Pics of IDEAL poultry chickens??????

[kycklingmamma]

Jeff9118,

He is our little or should I say large 6 weeks old homemade roo. He is Giant Blue Cochn (roo) and Buff Orp (hen) mix.
He will be a pretty one, The others in the pics though are from Ideal. I am actuallly trying to figure out what to do with him. I would like to keep him but not if fighting starts. His father Vida Blue is very friendly..maybe I need to find him a home somewhere. who knows, time will tell.

Kycklingmamma

 

[barnwife]

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If hee needs a home, I am looking for a roo for my eatin' egg pen...there are buff orp (all very very young yet), barred rock, EE, gold-laced cochin, bbred cubalaya, buff brahma, dark brahma, and a partridge cochin (all LF). I think he would fit in nicely

All but a handful of my hundred-plus large fowl are from Ideal...I have a mixed review.

My Ameraucanas are actually EE as some are rumpless, some have beards, some have ear tufts, and not a single one is even close to breed standard.

I got some mille fleur d'uccle, blue and regular...they are not quite speckled, but they are still young so we will see

the cubalayas died off one by one for a few days, and the rest of the chick order was fine...I'm down to one cubalaya, but Ideal gave me my money back just for me asking about if they were a breed that was more fragile with shipping! I didn't even ask them to refund!

I am tickled pink about my barred rocks and speckled sussex, and my buff orps and cornish X meat birds. Fine examples of their breeds!

My bantam cochins are FABULOUSLY feathered, and I am actually considering showing two of them they are so perfect-looking! Not to mention thats where I got my ROOSTER who likes to BROOD CHICKS!
He doesn't set eggs, just cares for baby chicks. He is such a good surrogate daddy!

So, a couple bad breeds, but for the most part I am overly happy with Ideal! Even my ducks are gorgeous! I got the mismatch hodge podge called a hatchery choice...and I have GORGEOUS examples of eight different breeds...and eight are female, seven are male, and several indeterminate (younger batch).

I did the same with my bantams, just let the hatchery unload on me for feather-footed bantams..very nice, except the mille fleurs, unfortunately. GREAT conformation, just kinda blah coloring.

I have done plenty of buisness with them. I hope this helps you make your decision!
Sorry no pics...I am NOT pc savvy!

 

[Debbie W.]

I got chicks from Ideal last year and I was very pleased. They are all healthy and very nice looking. I keep mine as pets, not as show birds, but I would order from them again.

 

[silkieluver_07]

Go to my website in my signature line.Click on my Photo Gallery. My Buff orps and White jerseys are from Ideal.

Both lay regularly throughout the week.

 

[Jeff9118]

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I checked out your site and would say they are good for hatchery stock. I liked the white giants the best. Would you consider them bigger than other standard breeds? I got some from another company once in white and black and I cant say I could see to much of a difference in them and the other standard breeds I got as far as size.
Thanks everyone and I hope that you will continue to post pics. We should do this for all the big poultry hatcheries.